Case Studies
We honor our clients who have done extraordinary work in the eLearning environment by telling you their story through our Case Studies. These studies are about innovations in bringing education to the online learner. Please read on....Using SoftChalk to Develop Course Tutorials that Promote Success
When it comes to preparing online courses, as well as introductory tutorials to supplement course content, SoftChalk is online educator Lisa Harrell's first choice. Lisa first began offering blended components in some of her traditional courses and found that students loved the interactivity that the online component offered. She then began to pursue opportunities to develop and teach fully online courses. Her success in online education led to a full-time career as an online instructor and course developer working for several higher-learning institutions across the country, based out of her home. To Learn More....Promoting Higher Level Thinking Skills Using Bloom's Taxonomy
Duke University TIP's curriculum developers have successfully used SoftChalk as a tool to incorporate Bloom's Taxonomy in CD and online lessons. Bloom's Taxonomy, published in 1956, was to provide a means of classifying learning goals and communicating accurately the expected outcomes of learning. Today, Duke TIP uses SoftChalk extensively in the development of independent study curriculum and online courses, harnessing an interactive, online format that appeals to gifted students in a variety of environments including regular classrooms, resource settings, home schooling and personal enrichment. To Learn More....Creating Lessons for the 21st Century Skills Framework using SoftChalk
When the Hampton City Schools (HCS) began working toward integrating instructional technology into their teaching strategies and modeling a learning environment based upon the 21st Century Skills Framework, SoftChalk was selected as the ideal tool to help accomplish the task. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills was formed in 2002 through the combined efforts of several major technology corporations, the U.S. Department of Education and the National Education Association. The goal of the partnership is to introduce a framework by which K-12 schools can model classrooms and curriculum to promote the multi-dimensional skills necessary for students to succeed in life and work in the 21st century. To Learn More....FutureU uses SoftChalk to Train Saudi faculty
In 2007, King Abdul-Aziz University in Saudi Arabia sought out FutureU for help with its faculty development. The goal of the program was for faculty with limited technical skills to be able to author their own, pedagogically sound, course websites after completing a six-week training program conducted by FutureU partly online and partly face to face. Softchalk LessonBuilder was key to the program’s success. To Learn More.....
The SIRIUS Project at the Florida Community College at Jacksonville
A unique aspect of the Florida Community College in Jacksonville is their partnership with a major education publisher and their efforts to create curricula that will be available worldwide. Developing for such a wide market presents unique requirements for course development. It is imperative that the programs easily integrate into any Learning Management System, and therefore SCORM compliance is essential. SoftChalk LessonBuilder meets this need, while providing an excellent tool for the development of creative and engaging interactive course materials, as well. To Learn More.....The Duke University Talent Identification Program
Since 1980 the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) has identified gifted children and provided resources to nurture their development. Duke TIP offers an e-Studies program (featuring online distance-learning courses) and an Independent Learning Program. Instructors in the e-Studies program use SoftChalk LessonBuilder to present their content in interactive and visually engaging ways, and curriculum developers create materials with SoftChalk to create interactive and student-friendly independent study CD-ROM courses. The leaders and developers of TIP are not technologists; they are teachers, which is another reason why SoftChalk was an ideal choice for them. To Learn More.....Maricopa Community College District in Arizona
Ten colleges make up the district, and although they have not agreed on any single Learning Management System they did unanimously select SoftChalk LessonBuilder as the preferred tool for building instructional content and for developing Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs). Like many learning institutions, the colleges in the Maricopa District have been expanding beyond traditional classroom borders, offering an increasing number of web-based courses and curriculum enhancements. SoftChalk LessonBuilder's user-friendly interface makes it easy for faculty to build rich course content, as well as timely tutorials and other learning activities that allow students to practice what they are learning. To Learn More.....
Please note that these Case Studies do not represent an explicit or implicit endorsement of SoftChalk LessonBuilder by the institutions described herein.
